The DVD edition of Contemporary Chinese, sponsored by the Office of Chinese Language Council International, is a high-quality video course targeting at the Chinese learning students. Based on the teaching material series, it has the following features:
·It is hosted by both Chinese and foreign comperes in English.
·It is a ready-to-use collection for teachers
·The teaching contents are the same as that of the paper editions and all the situational dialogues are based on the texts of the paperbooks.
·Students from home and abroad play roles in it
·It aims to attract both classroom and self-taught learners
·It is suitable for Chinese-learning programme on television